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− | The debate as to whether or not the pace of modern life is detrimental to society, culture, and the human experience in general has been going on for longer than we may realize. Presently, the debate has focused on technology such as smartphones, tablets, and other portable electronics; however, many of the same arguments were made against | + | The debate as to whether or not the pace of modern life is detrimental to society, culture, and the human experience in general has been going on for longer than we may realize. Presently, the debate has focused on technology such as smartphones, tablets, and other portable electronics; however, many of the same arguments were made against newspapers, magazines, telegraphs, telephones, and even written correspondence 100 years ago. |
− | People often tend to think of older times as better. The people complaining compare their present time to the time they lived in before, that is, a couple of decades ago, and this has been happening for over a century (at least). This comic makes a point that the older times people refer to, were also | + | People often tend to think of older times as better. The people complaining compare their present time to the time they lived in before, that is, a couple of decades ago, and this has been happening for over a century (at least). This comic makes a point that the older times people refer to, were also criticised in the exact same fashion. Since the same criticism is applied to each generation by the generation before that one, every generation thinks that the one they were born in is the good one. This is presentism as explained by Randall in [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey|comic 24]]. |
− | The comic begins and ends with very similar arguments, perhaps emphasizing how these debates cycle and repeat over time | + | The comic begins and ends with very similar arguments, perhaps emphasizing how these debates cycle and repeat over time. |
− | On reading all of these quotes, one may find | + | On reading all of these quotes, one may find this quote collection highly redundant and a bit tiresome to read. Readers may find themselves quickly skimming the text and skipping several quotes once they get the overall idea. This could be a self-referential point intending to demonstrate that the writing style of older times was less convenient than the oft-criticized brief modern style. |
Some parts of all that long texts are in bold, others not. Here is the summary for only this bold text, picturing just our ''Modern World'': | Some parts of all that long texts are in bold, others not. Here is the summary for only this bold text, picturing just our ''Modern World'': | ||
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:The managers of sensational newspapers create perverted tastes and develop vicious tendencies. | :The managers of sensational newspapers create perverted tastes and develop vicious tendencies. | ||
:To take sufficient time for our meals seems frequently impossible, may I be permitted to say a word in favour of a very worthy and valuable old friend of mine, Mr. Long walk? I am afraid that this good gentleman is in danger of getting neglected, if not forgotten. | :To take sufficient time for our meals seems frequently impossible, may I be permitted to say a word in favour of a very worthy and valuable old friend of mine, Mr. Long walk? I am afraid that this good gentleman is in danger of getting neglected, if not forgotten. | ||
− | :People talk as they ride | + | :People talk as they ride bicycles–at a rush–without pausing to consider their surroundings the profession of letters is so little understood, tendency among the children of today to rebel against restraint. Our modern family gathering, silent, each individual with his head buried in his favourite magazine, deal openly with situations which no person would have dared to mention in general society forty years ago. |
− | : | + | :Nude men and women in the daily journals fitness and courtliness too often totally lacking a hundred years ago it took so long and cost so much to send a letter that it seemed worth while to put some time and thought into writing it. A brief letter to-day may be followed by another next week–a "line" now by another to-morrow. |
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The title text shows that the meaning of the institute of marriage debate has likewise been going on for quite some time. | The title text shows that the meaning of the institute of marriage debate has likewise been going on for quite some time. | ||
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::Percy Holmes Boynton, ''Principles of Composition'' | ::Percy Holmes Boynton, ''Principles of Composition'' | ||
:::1915 | :::1915 | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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